Word Meaning
ना-मेहरबानियाँ
nā-meharbāniyāñ
Meaning
Acts of unkindness, coldness, or lack of affection.
Detailed Meaning
Refers to repeated expressions of coldness, neglect, or disfavor shown by the beloved. In the couplet, the speaker laments this enduring pattern of indifference and hostility replacing past affection. It underscores the classic poetic tension between the lover's fidelity and the beloved's deliberate emotional distance.
Etymology
Persian prefix 'nā-' (ना-, negation) joined with 'mihrbānī' (स्नेह/कृपा), with the Hindustani feminine plural ending '-āñ'.
Usage
Commonly employed in ghazals to express the lover's sorrow at the beloved's calculated aloofness or withdrawal of grace.
Examples
I bore all their repeated coldnesses without complaint.
Such endless unkindnesses have wounded the devoted heart.